Parking Infringement City of Perth

Lwhitfords on 17/11/2020 - 00:13
Last edited 17/11/2020 - 02:08 by 1 other user

Hi all,

Wondering if anyone had any success appealing a parking infringement from the City of Perth and anything that would help my cause?

Basically parked across motorcycle bays on Hay St unknowingly as the signs on the sidewalk indicated that it was fine to park there at that time. Upon returning to my car realised there were motorcycle parking bays marked and saw a ticket on my dash and copped a $75 fine. Honest mistake but don’t expect them to let me off with that excuse so was wondering if anybody else out there had any luck getting an infringement like this waived and how they got around it, otherwise am probably just gonna have to bite the bullet.

Cheers.

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  No on 17/11/2020 - 00:30

  +2

  Unlikely.. City of Perth don't mess around.

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    1st-Amendment on 18/11/2020 - 14:18

    +1

    Good thing we have this thing called separation of powers in Western countries.
    The city can make any claim they like, it's ultimately up to a court to decide. IMO if you have a reasonable excuse, the courts are reasonable with judgment, especially for trivial shit like parking tickets.
    The real question is whether it's economical for you to take a day off work to sit in court for half a day or just pay up.

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      Drakesy on 18/11/2020 - 14:30

      reasonable excuse
      I think the op may have an issue with that one

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  jv on 17/11/2020 - 00:33

  +9

  Just give Basil Zempilas a call in the morning.
  Tell him jv said you'd help…

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    spackbace on 17/11/2020 - 16:27

    +1

    Just say you're from the LGBTQI+ community…

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      whitfords on 17/11/2020 - 18:32

      +1

      Or homeless

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  follow on 17/11/2020 - 01:08

  apparently joondalup are lenient on first offence.
  could be similar for perth

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    whitfords on 17/11/2020 - 08:44

    Cheers. Suppose it’s worth a shot seeing if City of Perth have any leniency.

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  elgrande on 17/11/2020 - 06:10

  +6

  $75 fine, sounds like a bargain.

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    jv on 17/11/2020 - 16:32

    +2

    Agreed, this should be moved out of the forums into the bargain section.

    At that price, I'd get some form Xmas presents to hand out to family and friends…

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  pegaxs on 17/11/2020 - 07:54

  +14

  Or, here’s a thought… you admitted to parking over motorcycle bay and you copped a fine… have you thought about just paying the fine and modifying how you park your car in the future?

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      SF3 on 17/11/2020 - 09:31

      change.org

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  nubzy on 17/11/2020 - 09:58

  It's only $75, just pay it. Mistakes happen. Better to just pay the fine and move on with life, I paid one recently almost $300, it stings but you get over it.

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    whitfords on 17/11/2020 - 18:49

    True, will pay up if I have to. Wanted to see if anyone had any success dealing with appeals and how they did it. If I can save myself $75, why not? Submitted an appeal online and should expect a response by snail mail within 10 days.

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      1st-Amendment on 18/11/2020 - 14:26

      +1

      The process is you that ask the issuing authority (in this case City of Perth) for leniency, which 99% of the time they won't give, why would they when it's free money for them. Then when this fails you take it to court, who being an independent party will likely give you a fairer hearing.

      I've been to court a few times for various tickets, and in my experience the more trivial the offence, the more likely you will get off.
      There was one time where a whole bunch of people were there for speeding, drunk driving and parking tickets. The judge rounded up all the parking tickets and told everyone to "plead guilty with reasons" then he let everyone off :) All the speeding tickets and drunk drivers got the full punishment plus costs though, so it's not always a good outcome for everyone.

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  MeesusEff on 18/11/2020 - 02:05

  $75 is pretty cheap imo. Years ago when my bf rented outside the West Leedy train station I would park on the verge outside his house (allowed with owners permission), some mafaka who probably wanted free parking called the ranger on me and it was $100. They didn't let me off. Got a parking permit but it frigging slid into my cars dashboard lol!